Dibrugarh: Choreographer Sumi Borah, her husband Tarkik Borah and brother-in-law Amlan Borah were sent to judicial custody by a court in Dibrugarh, Assam on Tuesday.
They are accused of being involved in a multi-crore online trading scam.
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The trio was produced before the District and Sessions Judge, Dibrugarh, on Tuesday, marking the end of their police remand period.
The court ordered the trio to judicial custody after the Dibrugarh police declined to seek further remand.
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Lawyers for Sumi Borah and Tarkik Borah filed bail petitions, with the court’s decision pending.
However, No bail petition was filed on behalf of Amlan Borah.
All of them are accused of being involved in with the prime accused of a trading scam involving huge sums of money, Vishal Phukan.
It may be mentioned that four “victims” filed individual FIRs against Vishal Phukan, accusing him of embezzling lakhs of rupees at Dibrugarh police station on Monday.
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Two mediators, Abhijit Chandra and Manbendra Singh, have also been implicated, reports stated.
The online trading scam, estimated at Rs 2,200 crore, was busted earlier in September with the arrest of 22-year-old Vishal Phukan.
Over 1,500 people were allegedly defrauded with promises of unusually high returns.
Some investors claimed to have taken significant loans or sold gold jewellery to invest in the scheme.
Phukan initially returned small investments with interest but stopped payments when clients invested larger sums.
Actor-choreographer Sumi Borah and her photographer husband Tarkik Bora were arrested on September 13 for their alleged involvement in the scam.
Police have seized property worth over Rs 5 crore in connection with the case.